Category: Bikes
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Oxford by bike
I’ve been meaning to go into Oxford for a few weeks now. It’s been ages since I’ve been to the Ashmolean, and I’ve also been trying to get to Cardews of Oxford to get some different types of tea to try. Especially since my previous tea-making kit met an unfortunate end and I bought myself…
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Lock bag prototype
Last year I hit a pothole so hard on my 15 year old Trek 1000 that I put a dent in the back wheel. Rather than just replace the wheel (gears have changed in 15 years, hard to find compatible old stuff), I ended up buying a whole new bike. It’s lovely. I like it…
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Alas, poor Brooks…
Yesterday Clarkie and I went to a fabulous day celebrating women and bikes in Oxford, a day put together by the Broken Spoke Cooperative in Oxford. It was great, although so many of the questions and problems seemed so very similar to the questions and problems that I hear all the time around women in tech…
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Busy busy busy
Quick update, it’s been a bit full on again. Surprise! We went to our biannual golf extravaganza with the WCAGS. For the end of October we had three fabulous days of weather, even if one of my rounds was completed by the light of the moon! My golf is improving, but still needs a little…
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Return of the Trek
We’ve been having some lovely cycling weather just recently. Sadly though, after a long and muddy winter, Clara (my Long Haul Trucker) is in serious need of a really good strip down and clean. She chose to make this very clear by almost entirely seizing up. Message received, thank you Clara, but that’s going to…
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Yes, I cycled
My preferred method of commuting is by bike. It’s been my preferred method of commuting for a long time now, and I suspect it will be for a long time to come. I enjoy the exercise, I get lots of beautiful sunsets and sunrises, and it’s just so much better than driving I can’t even…
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Hither and thither
Well, that was an unintended hiatus. Life has been happening at such a rate of knots around here that when I’ve stood still long enough to blog I’ve needed to just collapse! I shall try to fill in some of the highlights. We went to Berlin at the end of March, for Clarkie’s birthday and…
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Winter boots
I know it’s not strictly speaking Winter yet, but it’s the time of year I start to prepare for the weather ahead. The wind picks up down here on the coast (well, 2 miles back up a hill), which makes the route I’m using for work rather unpleasant. It’s a pretty typical road, single carriageway,…
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A good day’s riding
Last Friday was a good day for riding. Hot, hardly any wind, but that wasn’t why! On the way into work, I pulled up at the lights in Rottingdean as normal and someone else pulled up along side. I mostly ignore other people, but the guy commented on my bike. I’m riding my Long Haul…
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Trails and tribulations
Rottingdean pond has frozen over completely, which looks quite nice. This shot was taken yesterday morning, as I cycled in. Note the ridge of snow on the road along the sides where the cars haven’t been. It wasn’t a problem in Rottingdean, but when I hit busier roads it started to be. Today I thought…
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A second project
I’ve been riding my Trek 1000 for a while now. I think it’s a 2001 model, which I bought in Spring 2002. I was living around 13 miles from work, it was very flat, and I wanted to go fast. So I bought a road bike, and I kept it pretty clean. No rack, no…
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A time for wool
I don’t know if anyone’s noticed, but it’s a bit on the cold side out there. I’ve just spent three days working from home (which doesn’t actually change what I can get done quite as much as you’d think – no snow days here), but last Tuesday before it started snowing I cycled into work…